The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-24


latcrals start they arc kept pinched in to
one leaf; this sends the sap into the first
leaves that started and increases their
size: and this is what is wanted, as it is
the first large leaves that the grower
mainly relies on to ripen the crop.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Manure is the farmers savings bank.
Beware of lice on fowls at this season.
Catnipis regarded as valuable plant
for bees.
Avoid feeding too much corn to grow
ing pigs.
Sift the cinders out before using coal
ashes for the chickens dust-bOX.
Pretty country homes are becoming
more common than they used to be.
There is a growing determination on
the part of farmers not to wash the wool
on sheep.
Farmers complain that the English
sparrow destroys the buds of fruit trees
and bushes.
Those who feed bran to horses largely
are most in favor of it, according to +.
D. Coburn.
Colonel F. D. Curtis suggests that
''more come bossv, and less get around
there will fill the pail"
The horse that works in the long, hot
days wants dry shoulder and a clean
collar, says Stephen Powers.
The willow, elm and poplar figure
among the most troublesome of trees for
filing up drains with their roots.
Cut out the canes of raspberries that
have borne frait this year and stake up
the canes for bearing next season.
Sawdust and lime make very tough,
firm, enduring plaster, which can be used
to much advantage in patching walls,
flues, etc.
The farmer who leaves expensive i'm
plements exposed to the weather is usual
" one who finds that "there is no money
in farming"
An expression of opinions at recent
meeting of farmers developed the fact
that most of them inclined to cut hay
when in full bloom.
On rich land it always pays to sow
clover with orchard grass, as they ripen
about the same time, and the orchard
grass will hold the clover up. This is an
old rule.
A crop of fodder corn is not only
useful resource in time of drouth, but, as
the american Dauyman suggests, ''ex-
cellent for Kidding the ground of many
troublesome kinds of weeds"
One part corn meal, two parts bran,
two parts of ground oats, one part
ground meat, one plrt of middlings, a
little bone meal and silt scalded and fed
early in the morning, is reported a good
egg producing food.
Mr.. S. NJ. Palmer says: "Whcn one of
your team horses is more tender in the
mouth, and especially if little the
slower, make his lines two or three inches
longer than the faster horse and they
will travel much cvencr."
To have good turnip patch the
preparation of the land should begin
early. No crop grown requires more
thorough fixing of the soil or heavier
The turnip feeds voraciously,
and seldom is enough manure used.
1t is claimed that corn, clover and
other crops are now generally allowed to
pass the succulent stage and come nearly
to maturity before putting them in the
sio. The advantages are that they con-
tain more nutriment and the smaller per
cent. of water allows the heating to
reach higher point.
Dwarf peas seldom afford more than
one picking, though they come early:
The fall varieties require more labor (and
stickiugl, but they afford several crops,
and do not ripen all the pods at the same
time. Seed for late supply may be
planted even as late as now, but the
crop will not be heavy.
Young turkeys do not thrive in con-
fncmcnt. Wandering about seems neces-
sary for their development. Damp is
fatal to them. They should be kept
fastened up till the early dew is off, and
then allowed to roam. Chopped green
food, especially onion tops, mixed with
soaked bread, etc., will make them
thrive.
In applying any liquid mixture to de-
stroy insects, like the Kerosene and soap
for plant lice, or Buhach and
water for the cabbage caterpillar, Prof.
A. J. Cook urges that the liquid be
thrown on with much force, so that it
will scatter everywhere. 1t is not the
amount of poison, but the thorough dis
tribution, that should engage attention.
Procure new crop turnip seed and have
the ground fine The rows may be wide
apart, so as to allow of working with the
cultivator. The ground should be as
fine as an ash-heap. Drop the seed in
small clusters, about six inches apart in
the rows, as the insects will often de-
stroy young turnips. If too thick when
up they can he thinncd out. TCo much
fine, well-rotted manure cannot he used
on turnips. DO not put turnips on ground
occupied by corn the previous year.
A Fowl Without Feathers.